Director Data Engineering

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

13

The Team

In partnership with Product Management and Quality Assurance, Other regional leadership in Orion, your team shares a common mission to create products that satisfy our users.  Your team will enable product engineering teams, promises engineering excellence and deliver high-quality end product.

The Impact

The primary products for this product line include the content & publishing systems that we use do distribute our high-quality market intelligence in the form of credit ratings, research, and thought leadership. These products are backed by a series of carefully curated enterprise data stores, data services, data analytics and business intelligence products & platforms that collectively support our global ratings business create & publish world class ratings, research and related content across more than 90 global economies.

What’s in it for you: 

The Director/ Regional Head of Product Engineering for Data & Content, a product line that comprises a large number of interrelated, business-critical capabilities and applications.  You will be responsible for helping to build our agile organization by aligning to a culture of continuous improvement, partnership, trust and sharing.  You will a lead D&C India staff of software engineers and partner with your Product Management and Quality peers to support a large, global group of agile scrum teams.  Retaining and attracting high performing talent and driving measurable business value is a passion. 

Fundamental to this position is a demonstrable ability to combine your strong agile leadership and problem solving skills with deep technical and delivery know how.  You have exceptional collaboration and communication skills, are highly motivated, creative and engaged.  As a servant leader, you will enable experienced engineers and the teams they support to drive business value while your organization focuses on, planning, building, improving, innovating and contributing to the product vision.

Responsibilities

• Support and foster a quality-first, agile culture that is built on partnership, trust and sharing
• Build, coach and develop a large team of experienced engineers to successfully execute the role by developing their careers and skills
• Learning and understanding all aspects of your product-line and the Ratings business
• Responsible for helping define the vision, driving team execution, and overseeing the engineering process. This will require strong leadership capabilities, as well as the ability to roll-up-your-sleeves to ensure alignment across technology, product and business stakeholders
• Be technically deep and provide input on architecture, design and code. As a thought leader, you are well respected by engineers and non-engineers alike
• Drive strong partnerships between engineering teams and Product owners, including business stakeholders in the Ratings organization
• Accelerate alignment to Ratings Data Fabric by guiding engineering teams to derive in-line transformation of our legacy data platforms
• Accelerate adaption of ELT and schema on read architectures to achieve speed to market for internal and external products
• Design and implement strategies to monitor the effectiveness of data management and governance programs and identify, manage and mitigate current and emerging risks
• Drive innovation towards building highly scalable – real time data engineering pipelines and data distribution solutions leveraging AI/ML
• Partner with product management and stakeholders to define the roadmaps, plan and report on technical programs that cut across the entire organization
• In partnership with PMO and operations teams, drive and mature release management, scaled agile, consistent metrics and efficient processes
• Step up and lead the resolution of dependencies, impediments, and risks for executing Strategic Priorities across Orion teams
• Resolving all operational challenges across D&C Orion scrum teams and building strong leadership pipeline by having better collaboration with the Heads of, SL’s and other regional Leaders.

Basic Qualifications:

• B.Tech degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

• 13+ years of software engineering experience with 8+ years architecting content & publishing products, modern data stacks, and analytics platforms at enterprise scale

• 8+ years hands-on experience designing application architectures, enterprise integration patterns, and full-stack solutions including modern distributed front-end and back-end technology stacks

• 5+ years architecting and leading development of production-grade microservices platforms using Java/Spring Boot in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, Docker),  with proven experience designing API-first architectures, event-driven systems (Kafka, messaging queues), and managing transactional consistency across distributed services at enterprise scale

• 5+ years leading and mentoring engineering teams (5-15+ engineers) with demonstrated ability to build consensus across distributed teams, define technical roadmaps, drive architectural decisions, and balance rapid delivery with long-term platform sustainability in a fast-paced environment

• 5+ years full-stack development experience with Java, modern web technologies, and AWS cloud-based data platforms (S3, Redshift, EMR, Hive, Spark); proficiency in Python, Scala, REST APIs, SQL, and relational databases

• Deep experience designing and implementing transactional systems, data warehouses, data lakes, and data integrations using MPP databases and big data ecosystems with AWS cloud technologies; proven track record delivering Business Intelligence and advanced analytics solutions for data-driven products

• Quality-first mindset with demonstrated experience developing and operating products for global audiences at scale

• Excellent analytical thinking, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with strong ability to influence both IT and business stakeholders

• Financial services industry experience

Preferred qualifications

• Expert in cloud-native development, CI/CD pipelines, and modern design patterns (12-factor apps, microservices, containerization) with hands-on experience building and operating production systems in AWS using Kubernetes, serverless, and cloud-native architectures
• Strong experience leading Agile/XP programs at scale with ability to prioritize work against critical timelines, promote continuous improvement, and deliver in fast-paced environments
• Experience in data management processes including data security, compliance, audit, data quality, governance, cataloging, and Master Data Management (MDM) functions
• Proven ability to lead implementation of enterprise data and content strategy roadmaps, including data architecture design, data management at scale, digital content platforms, and advanced analytics systems
• Experience with open source technologies and distributed software development
• Current knowledge of technology and industry trends with demonstrated ability to develop and present substantive technical recommendations to senior management and influence organizational decisions
• Experience in React JS

Grade: 13

Shift Time: 12 pm to 9 pm IST

Location: Hyderabad

Working Model: twice a week work from office

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).  S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.  

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